English
B = Pushback
B | 001BA038 KN |
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Pushback occurs when the saw chain on the top of the bar is suddenly stopped when it is pinched, caught or encounters a foreign object in the wood. The reaction of the saw chain may drive the chain saw rapidly straight back toward the operator and may cause loss of chain saw control, which, in turn, may cause serious or fatal injury. Pushback frequently occurs when the top of the bar is used for cutting.
To avoid pushback
1.Be alert to forces or situations that may cause material to pinch the top of the saw chain.
2.Do not cut more than one log at a time.
3.Do not twist the chain saw when withdrawing the bar from a plunge cut or underbuck cut because the saw chain can pinch.
Limbing
Limbing is removing the branches from a fallen tree.
WARNING
There is an extreme danger of kickback during the limbing operation. Do not work with the nose of the bar. Be extremely cautious and avoid contacting the log or other limbs with the nose of the guide bar.
Do not stand on a log while limbing it – you may slip or the log may roll.
Start limbing by leaving the lower limbs to support the log off the ground. When underbucking freely hanging limbs, a pinch may result or the limb may fall, causing loss of control. If a pinch occurs, stop the engine and remove the saw by lifting the limb.
WARNING
Be extremely cautious when cutting limbs or logs under tension (spring poles). The limbs or logs could spring back toward the operator and cause loss of control of the saw and severe or fatal injury to the operator.
Bucking
001BA033 KN
Bucking is cutting a log into sections.
WARNING
When bucking, do not stand on the log. Make sure the log will not roll downhill. If on a slope, stand on the uphill side of the log. Watch out for rolling logs.
Cut only one log at a time.
Shattered wood should be cut very carefully. Sharp slivers of wood may be caught and flung in the direction of the operator of the saw.
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